http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/solid-state-microchip-sized-fan-promises-to-cool-laptops/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/solid-state-microchip-sized-fan-promises-to-cool-laptops/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/solid-state-microchip-sized-fan-promises-to-cool-laptops/Mar 19th 2008 2:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/solid-state-microchip-sized-fan-promises-to-cool-laptops/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/solid-state-microchip-sized-fan-promises-to-cool-laptops/Mar 19th 2008 2:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/solid-state-microchip-sized-fan-promises-to-cool-laptops/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/solid-state-microchip-sized-fan-promises-to-cool-laptops/Mar 19th 2008 2:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/solid-state-microchip-sized-fan-promises-to-cool-laptops/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/solid-state-microchip-sized-fan-promises-to-cool-laptops/Mar 19th 2008 3:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/solid-state-microchip-sized-fan-promises-to-cool-laptops/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/solid-state-microchip-sized-fan-promises-to-cool-laptops/Mar 20th 2008 12:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/solid-state-microchip-sized-fan-promises-to-cool-laptops/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/solid-state-microchip-sized-fan-promises-to-cool-laptops/Mar 19th 2008 2:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/solid-state-microchip-sized-fan-promises-to-cool-laptops/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/solid-state-microchip-sized-fan-promises-to-cool-laptops/Mar 19th 2008 2:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/solid-state-microchip-sized-fan-promises-to-cool-laptops/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/solid-state-microchip-sized-fan-promises-to-cool-laptops/Mar 19th 2008 2:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/solid-state-microchip-sized-fan-promises-to-cool-laptops/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/solid-state-microchip-sized-fan-promises-to-cool-laptops/Mar 19th 2008 2:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/solid-state-microchip-sized-fan-promises-to-cool-laptops/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/solid-state-microchip-sized-fan-promises-to-cool-laptops/Mar 19th 2008 2:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/solid-state-microchip-sized-fan-promises-to-cool-laptops/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/solid-state-microchip-sized-fan-promises-to-cool-laptops/Mar 20th 2008 12:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/solid-state-microchip-sized-fan-promises-to-cool-laptops/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/solid-state-microchip-sized-fan-promises-to-cool-laptops/Mar 19th 2008 2:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/solid-state-microchip-sized-fan-promises-to-cool-laptops/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/solid-state-microchip-sized-fan-promises-to-cool-laptops/Mar 19th 2008 2:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/solid-state-microchip-sized-fan-promises-to-cool-laptops/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/solid-state-microchip-sized-fan-promises-to-cool-laptops/
So this is a device for cooling. Not a fan.]]>Mar 19th 2008 2:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/solid-state-microchip-sized-fan-promises-to-cool-laptops/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/solid-state-microchip-sized-fan-promises-to-cool-laptops/
I think it is entirely acceptable to name something for the part that it replaces. If this component can replace fans in a case, performing the exact same job, I think it can be called a fan.]]>Mar 19th 2008 2:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/solid-state-microchip-sized-fan-promises-to-cool-laptops/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/solid-state-microchip-sized-fan-promises-to-cool-laptops/Mar 19th 2008 3:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/solid-state-microchip-sized-fan-promises-to-cool-laptops/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/solid-state-microchip-sized-fan-promises-to-cool-laptops/
Give yourself a big pat on the back.]]>Mar 19th 2008 2:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/solid-state-microchip-sized-fan-promises-to-cool-laptops/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/solid-state-microchip-sized-fan-promises-to-cool-laptops/
Here, I'll quote from the article:
"Within the intense electric field that results, ions push neutral air molecules from the wire to the plate, generating a wind. The phenomenon is called corona wind."

Ions pushing air molecules... Surface of an Ionized particle? Perhaps these might be considered the component of it's fan?]]>Mar 19th 2008 2:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/solid-state-microchip-sized-fan-promises-to-cool-laptops/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/solid-state-microchip-sized-fan-promises-to-cool-laptops/
Oh Brilliant! I was riding to work in my sleigh and listening to the voice box. There was a melodic bard singing praises of ale and rear ends. It was jolly. They played the guitar ever so well. I checked my abacus when I reached my office and found your stirring letter to us an uplifting and gay retort to a seemingly rash response. I look forward to reading more when I have my spectacles resized. Bravo!]]>Mar 19th 2008 4:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/solid-state-microchip-sized-fan-promises-to-cool-laptops/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/solid-state-microchip-sized-fan-promises-to-cool-laptops/Mar 19th 2008 4:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/solid-state-microchip-sized-fan-promises-to-cool-laptops/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/solid-state-microchip-sized-fan-promises-to-cool-laptops/so pc's should be called macs?]]>Mar 19th 2008 5:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/solid-state-microchip-sized-fan-promises-to-cool-laptops/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/solid-state-microchip-sized-fan-promises-to-cool-laptops/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xerox_Alto]]>Mar 20th 2008 1:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/solid-state-microchip-sized-fan-promises-to-cool-laptops/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/solid-state-microchip-sized-fan-promises-to-cool-laptops/
In my language, hard drives were named something roughly meaning "immobile drives", then portable hard drives came out and no one thought it was extremely stupid, and so now we have "mobile immobile drives".

If something doesn't fit the original definition, just find a new name.]]>Mar 20th 2008 6:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/solid-state-microchip-sized-fan-promises-to-cool-laptops/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/solid-state-microchip-sized-fan-promises-to-cool-laptops/Mar 20th 2008 11:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/solid-state-microchip-sized-fan-promises-to-cool-laptops/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/solid-state-microchip-sized-fan-promises-to-cool-laptops/Mar 19th 2008 2:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/solid-state-microchip-sized-fan-promises-to-cool-laptops/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/solid-state-microchip-sized-fan-promises-to-cool-laptops/The perversity of the Universe tends towards a maximum. ]]>Mar 19th 2008 3:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/solid-state-microchip-sized-fan-promises-to-cool-laptops/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/solid-state-microchip-sized-fan-promises-to-cool-laptops/Mar 19th 2008 3:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/solid-state-microchip-sized-fan-promises-to-cool-laptops/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/solid-state-microchip-sized-fan-promises-to-cool-laptops/Mar 19th 2008 3:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/solid-state-microchip-sized-fan-promises-to-cool-laptops/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/solid-state-microchip-sized-fan-promises-to-cool-laptops/Mar 19th 2008 3:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/solid-state-microchip-sized-fan-promises-to-cool-laptops/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/solid-state-microchip-sized-fan-promises-to-cool-laptops/
As others have said, wont this gather particles and need to be cleaned?]]>Mar 19th 2008 3:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/solid-state-microchip-sized-fan-promises-to-cool-laptops/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/solid-state-microchip-sized-fan-promises-to-cool-laptops/
In other words, we expect it to fail shortly after the warranty is up - you will want a new notebook by then anyway, right?]]>Mar 19th 2008 3:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/solid-state-microchip-sized-fan-promises-to-cool-laptops/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/solid-state-microchip-sized-fan-promises-to-cool-laptops/
Just another way to force an upgrade.]]>Mar 19th 2008 3:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/solid-state-microchip-sized-fan-promises-to-cool-laptops/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/solid-state-microchip-sized-fan-promises-to-cool-laptops/
The article says; "This device is also more dust-tolerant than predecessors. While dust attraction is ideal for living-room-scale fans that that provide both air flow and filtration, debris can be a devastating obstacle when the goal is to cool an electrical component."

It also states;
"Within the intense electric field that results, ions push neutral air molecules from the wire to the plate, generating a wind. The phenomenon is called corona wind."

Heres two pages on Ions:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EHD_thruster
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ionic_breeze]]>Mar 19th 2008 4:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/solid-state-microchip-sized-fan-promises-to-cool-laptops/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/solid-state-microchip-sized-fan-promises-to-cool-laptops/Mar 20th 2008 12:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/solid-state-microchip-sized-fan-promises-to-cool-laptops/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/solid-state-microchip-sized-fan-promises-to-cool-laptops/Mar 19th 2008 5:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/solid-state-microchip-sized-fan-promises-to-cool-laptops/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/solid-state-microchip-sized-fan-promises-to-cool-laptops/Mar 19th 2008 6:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/solid-state-microchip-sized-fan-promises-to-cool-laptops/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/solid-state-microchip-sized-fan-promises-to-cool-laptops/Mar 19th 2008 6:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/solid-state-microchip-sized-fan-promises-to-cool-laptops/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/solid-state-microchip-sized-fan-promises-to-cool-laptops/Mar 19th 2008 10:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/solid-state-microchip-sized-fan-promises-to-cool-laptops/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/solid-state-microchip-sized-fan-promises-to-cool-laptops/Mar 20th 2008 9:28AM